Overlook Picnic Area
Overlook Picnic Area is a picnic site in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 827 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the north, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cactus Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 827 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Babad Do'ag Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 6 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 6 mi
- Molino Canyon Vista · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sneed Parcel: 0.6 mi
- Serguson Donation: 1.0 mi
- Bear Creek Ranch: 1.2 mi
- Tucson Audubon Society: 1.6 mi
- Mountain Cove Estates: 2.6 mi
- Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 0.9 mi
- Rock Ledge Spring: 1.7 mi
- Barrel Spring: 1.9 mi
- Red Warrior Spring: 2.3 mi
- Gibbon Springs: 2.4 mi
- Wes Miller Park: 1.2 mi
- McDonald District Park: 2.6 mi
- Vista del Rio Park: 3.7 mi
- Castle Rock Park: 4.7 mi
- Morris K. Udall Park: 4.7 mi
- Saddleback: 1.5 mi
- Mount Miguel: 1.9 mi
- Whaleback: 2.3 mi
- Thimble Peak: 2.8 mi
- McFall Crags: 3.3 mi
- McT-Rex: 5.0 mi
- Foutain of Youth: 5.8 mi
- Moments To Remember: 6.7 mi
- Organ Pipe Cactus: 7.2 mi
- G’s Horn: 7.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 6.8 mi
- Horticultural Therapy Beds: 7.2 mi
- Native American Crops: 7.2 mi
- Xeriscape Garden: 7.2 mi
- Word Garden: 7.2 mi
- The Window: 5.1 mi
- Sig Boysen Home Composting Site: 7.1 mi
- Water Harvesting Feature: 7.2 mi
- Cactus and Succulent Ramada: 7.2 mi
- Kitchen Courtyard: 7.2 mi
- Degrazia Gallery in the Sun: 4.6 mi
- Tucson Desert Art Museum: 4.7 mi
- The Mini Time Machine Museum: 5.9 mi
- H. H. Franklin Auto Museum: 8.6 mi
- Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 9.9 mi
- Old Fort Lowell Hospital: 5.1 mi
- Airmen Memorial Bridge: 5.3 mi
- Valley of the Moon: 7.6 mi
- U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Dr. Thomas Mixner Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Marshall Gulch Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Sykes Knob Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Loma Linda Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Seven Falls: 2.6 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 6.1 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 8.3 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 10.0 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 10.8 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 5.3 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 5.3 mi
- Alcatraz: 5.3 mi
- Sun Spot: 7.4 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 13.1 mi
- American Flag: 19.2 mi
- Redington: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Overlook Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | N 9° | 2,794 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | NE 39° | 2,606.6 m | 9.1 mi |
| Kellogg Mountain | NE 41° | 2,561.41 m | 9.2 mi |
| Marshall Peak | NNE 19° | 2,530 m | 8.0 mi |
| Spencer Peak | NNE 29° | 2,493 m | 8.4 mi |
| Leopold Point | NE 46° | 2,460 m | 9.4 mi |
| Syke Knob | NNE 24° | 2,426 m | 8.9 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | NNW 341° | 2,425.64 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| September equinox | 06:12 | 17:49 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:46 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 55 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 82 | 71 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson Camp AVE EXP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/813924645
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 9 mi
- Saguaro National Park · 19 mi
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